# 1989 Tournament of the Americas

The 1989 Tournament of the Americas, later known as the FIBA Americas Championship and the FIBA AmeriCup, was a basketball championship hosted by Mexico from June 8 to June 18, 1989. The games were played in Mexico City. This FIBA AmeriCup was to earn the five berths allocated to the Americas for the 1990 FIBA World Championship in Argentina. Puerto Rico defeated the United States in the final to win the tournament. Brazil, Venezuela, and Canada also qualified for the World Championship by finishing third through fifth, respectively.

## Qualification

Eight teams qualified during the qualification tournaments held in their respective zones in 1989; two teams (USA and Canada) qualified automatically since they are the only members of the North America zone.
* North America: Canada, United States
* Caribbean and Central America: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico
* South America: Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay, Venezuela
The draw split the tournament into two groups:

## Format

* The top four teams from each group advance to the knockout round. The losers from the knockout quarterfinals compete in a separate bracket to define fifth through eighth place.
* Results and standings among teams within the same group are carried over.
* The winners in the knockout semifinals advanced to the Final and were granted berths in the 1990 FIBA World Championship in Argentina. The losers figure in a third-place playoff and were both also granted berths in the FIBA World Championship. Since Argentina and the United States were already qualified as hosts and Olympic Champions respectively, should they reach one of the top four positions in the final standings, one or two extra berths should be granted to the fifth and/or sixth team in the final standings.

## Preliminary round

* Qualified for the quarterfinals

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Puerto Rico | 5 | 4 | 1 | 495 | 447 | +48 | 9 |
| United States | 5 | 4 | 1 | 523 | 480 | +43 | 9 |
| Dominican Republic | 5 | 4 | 1 | 485 | 466 | +19 | 9 |
| Cuba | 5 | 2 | 3 | 450 | 449 | +1 | 7 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1 | 4 | 453 | 476 | −23 | 6 |
| Panama | 5 | 0 | 5 | 432 | 520 | −88 | 5 |
* June 8
| Dominican Republic | 116–108 | United States |
* Mexico City
* June 8
| Puerto Rico | 104–83 | Panama |
* Mexico City
* June 8
| Cuba | 89–88 | Mexico |
* Mexico City
* June 9
| Dominican Republic | 85–77 | Cuba |
* Mexico City
* June 9
| Mexico | 98–88 | Panama |
* Mexico City
* June 9
| United States | 105–92 | Puerto Rico |
* Mexico City
* June 10
| Puerto Rico | 97–88 | Mexico |
* Mexico City
* June 10
| United States | 95–92 | Cuba |
* Mexico City
* June 10
| Dominican Republic | 105–84 | Panama |
* Mexico City
* June 11
| Puerto Rico | 101–98 | Cuba |
* Mexico City
* June 11
| Dominican Republic | 106–96 | Mexico |
* Mexico City
* June 11
| United States | 119–97 | Panama |
* Mexico City
* June 12
| Puerto Rico | 101–73 | Dominican Republic |
* Mexico City
* June 12
| Cuba | 94–80 | Panama |
* Mexico City
* June 12
| United States | 96–83 | Mexico |
* Mexico City

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Brazil | 5 | 5 | 0 | 572 | 429 | +143 | 10 |
| Venezuela | 5 | 4 | 1 | 549 | 488 | +61 | 9 |
| Canada | 5 | 3 | 2 | 447 | 423 | +24 | 8 |
| Argentina | 5 | 2 | 3 | 480 | 469 | +11 | 7 |
| Paraguay | 5 | 1 | 4 | 417 | 529 | −112 | 6 |
| Ecuador | 5 | 0 | 5 | 394 | 521 | −127 | 5 |
* June 8
| Brazil | 131–90 | Paraguay |
* Mexico City
* June 8
| Argentina | 103–71 | Ecuador |
* Mexico City
* June 8
| Venezuela | 99–78 | Canada |
* Mexico City
* June 9
| Venezuela | 110–89 | Ecuador |
* Mexico City
* June 9
| Argentina | 106–85 | Paraguay |
* Mexico City
* June 9
| Brazil | 101–84 | Canada |
* Mexico City
* June 10
| Paraguay | 91–87 | Ecuador |
* Mexico City
* June 10
| Brazil | 131–99 | Venezuela |
* Mexico City
* June 10
| Canada | 93–83 | Argentina |
* Mexico City
* June 11
| Brazil | 119–74 | Ecuador |
* Mexico City
* June 11
| Canada | 94–67 | Paraguay |
* Mexico City
* June 11
| Venezuela | 130–106 | Argentina |
* Mexico City
* June 12
| Canada | 98–73 | Ecuador |
* Mexico City
* June 12
| Brazil | 90–82 | Argentina |
* Mexico City
* June 12
| Venezuela | 111–84 | Paraguay |
* Mexico City

## Knockout round
### Championship Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Puerto Rico | 94 | | |
| Argentina | 89 | | |
| Argentina | 89 | Puerto Rico | 94 |
| | | Venezuela | 91 |
| Venezuela | 109 | Venezuela | 91 |
| Dominican Republic | 102 | | | | |
| Dominican Republic | 102 | | | Puerto Rico | 88 |
| | | | | United States | 80 |
| United States | 75 | | | United States | 80 |
| Canada | 73 | | | | |
| Canada | 73 | United States | 99 | | |
| | | Brazil | 96 | Third place | Third place |
| Brazil | 104 | Brazil | 96 | Third place | Third place |
| Cuba | 89 | | | | |
| Cuba | 89 | | | Brazil | 158 |
| | | | | Venezuela | 124 |

## Classification round
### 5th-8th places

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| Argentina | 85 |
| Dominican Republic | 89 | | |
| Dominican Republic | 89 | Dominican Republic | 84 |
| | | Canada | 108 |
| Canada | 89 | Canada | 108 |
| Cuba | 86 | | |
| Cuba | 86 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | Argentina | 81 |
| | | Cuba | 88 |

## Final standings

* Qualified for the 1990 FIBA World Championship
* Qualified for the 1990 FIBA World Championship as World Champions
* Qualified for the 1990 FIBA World Championship as hosts
| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Puerto Rico | 7–1 |
| | United States | 6–2 |
| | Brazil | 7–1 |
| 4 | Venezuela | 5–3 |
| 5 | Canada | 5–3 |
| 6 | Dominican Republic | 5–3 |
| 7 | Cuba | 3–5 |
| 8 | Argentina | 2–6 |
| 9 | Mexico | 1–4 |
| 9 | Paraguay | 1–4 |
| 10 | Panama | 0–5 |
| 10 | Ecuador | 0–5 |